Whale Watching

A week after school ended, I took a small group of this year’s graduates whale watching in San Francisco. We completed a persuasive unit on the documentaries, “The Cove” and “Blackfish”, and the students came up with the idea to go on a fieldtrip to see whales in their natural habitat. It felt great that the kids wanted to do something together as a group because of what they learned in class. They’re so well-versed in anti-captivity ideals now and I just love it. If you haven’t seen either “The Cove” or “Blackfish” I highly recommend that you do so. Then I’ll take you whale watching afterward. 😀

Here are some images from our trip. Whale watching has been on my bucket list for a long time. I used to want to be a marine biologist when I grew up. Science was my favorite subject! Maybe now I’ll quit teaching, buy a boat, and go whale watching all day, every day. Anyone else want in? 😉

As you scroll through the photos, please click on them to see the full sized version. Bigger is sometimes better. 😀

Heading under the Golden Gate as we leave the bay.

Our boat left a bit after 8 and we spotted our first whales at 8:45!

See how close to the bridge we still are?

Blowhole fun. 🙂

Birds flying by Mile Rock. I love the dilapidated look of this little lighthouse. So much character.

I GOT A TAIL SHOT. Is what I hollered out loud after getting this shot. We all had our fingers crossed for some tail action. We weren’t out very far yet so the whales didn’t stick their tails very high into the air. But hey, I’ll take what I can get! 😀

Goodbye, tail.

Some more tail action.

I need a sailboat. Somebody anybody want to buy/loan me a boat?

Kissy face. We had a variety of friends following us throughout our five hour boat trip.

This is not a whale, but sometimes I like to aim my camera at birds flying overhead to see what I shots I can get. One day a bird will poop on my lens and then I’ll never do it again. *knock on wood*

Mile Rock on the way back to shore. Bye whales, see you again next time!